Xianggong farming

Chapter 34 Human Heart
As soon as Ji Xinmiao finished speaking, Qi Dalang said with a smile: "Don't girls like to eat snacks? This is not something only children can eat. Besides, you are still young."

"I'm almost an old girl! I'm still young?" The girls of this dynasty can't be called old, let alone young.

"Hehe, we're getting married soon."

Ji Xinmiao's face froze: "You! I don't mean to marry in a hurry!"

Probably when a man meets a woman he likes, even if she looks angry, he will think she is very cute.At this time, Qi Dalang has such a mentality.

Seeing the red clouds on Ji Xinmiao's face, he liked it very much: "I didn't mean that, but I was anxious to get married. Let's go, is there someone watching at the door of Second Aunt's house? Could it be that they are waiting for us Let's eat?

Ji Xinmiao looked up and saw that there was someone looking at the door, she raised her feet and turned around, and walked forward, ignoring the man who was smirking.

A few days later, the second uncle drove the carriage to Jijia Village in person: "Second aunt, are the father-in-law and mother-in-law here?"

Wang asked in surprise: "Uncle, why are you here? What can't be done? Parents are busy in the fields right now. I'll ask Miner to call them."

The second uncle hurriedly said: "Auntie, I have good news for my visit today. I heard that the sour jujube cake was very popular when it was delivered to the city last time. I went to the city to buy goods yesterday. Boss Zhang said that he wanted as much as he could buy." Well, a catty counts as fifteen cents."

Can you sell fifteen yuan a catty?Wang opened her mouth and asked excitedly, "His uncle, is what you said true?"

The second uncle nodded again and again: "I wanted to come when I got home last night, but there was a lot of goods in the car, so I came to tell you this morning. There are not many days to pick these jujubes, so you can pick as many as you can in these few days. When you are all done, I will come to the village to pull."

Wang was so excited that she couldn't speak clearly: "Okay, okay, I'll call my parents right now."

One more source of money, no matter how much it is, can always make the children eat more meat, right?Wang's footsteps also became lighter.

Ji Xinmiao's second uncle had something to do and left. When Grandma Ji heard that the sour dates could be sold at such a price, she shouted excitedly: "Old man, old man, go and call the eldest and the third. Since Lan Lan's Say as much as you want, then let the two of them do it together."

Seeing that the old woman was so excited, Mr. Ji quickly grabbed her and said, "I'll call right away, please keep your voice down. Didn't Miaoer say that things are rare and expensive. If you want to yell, the whole village will pick jujubes. Everyone in the village has made these jujubes to sell, so is it worth money?"

Grandma Ji blushed: "Aren't I happy? That's right, no, Kun'an, quietly go and call your uncle and third uncle, and tell them not to shout."

Ji Kunping immediately agreed: "Grandma, Ping'er knows kind."

Everyone in Ji's family goes to the mountains to pick jujubes every afternoon, and they don't go home until dark. Although they are very busy and tired, everyone is happy.

It's just that their affairs still let the villagers get the information.

That night, Ji Chungou's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, came rushing out the door with her children: "Oh, what are you guys up to? Don't you bring back all the sour dates? Sister-in-law Qiulin, what are you doing?" What are you going to do?"

Mrs. Wang was busy peeling the sour jujube skin and answered her with a smile: "Auntie, I am making some dowry fruits. You know, my family will have a wedding soon. The family is poor and there is no extra money to buy it." Putting more fruits in the jar, let’s put some tea. I really can’t think about it. After thinking about it, isn’t there such a thing on the mountain at this time? In previous years, I would pick some to make New Year’s festival fruits, so let the big and small The man went up the mountain to pick some back."

Ji Li looked at these baskets of sour dates and frowned and asked, "Sister-in-law, is this too much? Besides, you are a mobilization of the whole family. Sister-in-law Qiucheng and wife Qiulin also came to help with their children. , isn’t this too much of a commotion? Marrying a daughter can use so many jujube cakes?”

Grandma Ji smiled "hehe" and said, "The children also like this fruit. Usually there is nothing to eat at home. If you want to make more, you can make more, so that you can stuff the teeth of these little things at home. Let's talk about it." There are many brothers in the family, and there are also many children, but there are few fruit jars, so they can't be divided."

Mrs. Wang went on to say: "Isn't there still a lot of relatives who want to return their baskets? In the past, every family in the village had to buy a lot of fruits to return gifts when they held weddings. We thought, my mother's handicraft of wild jujube is very popular in the village. This is the first serving, and everyone loves to eat this stuff made in previous years. Thinking about it this year, I might as well use this to return to the basket.”

"Oh, sister-in-law, your brain is really useful, so you can save a lot of money? It is said that sister-in-law is smart. If I have such a pig brain, I really can't think of this." The two said Ji Mrs. Li was not too easy to ask, so she sat for a while and ate a few sour dates and went back with questions.

Ji Xinmin saw that Mrs. Ji was looking left and right before leaving, so she asked worriedly: "Grandma, do you think Aunt Chungou will find out about our making cakes?"

Grandma Ji smiled and said: "She is not a disadvantaged person. Tomorrow I think she will ask her man to go up the mountain to pick jujubes."

Ji Xinmin's face crossed: "Then what should we do? If the whole village goes to pick it, then our family won't be able to pick it."

Mrs. Wang glared at her little daughter: "The things on this mountain don't belong to our family. Whoever wants to pick them can stop him from picking them? Anyway, we picked them not too little, and it's about the same for two to three hundred catties. .”

Ji Xinmin raised his mouth: "I still want to pick more, and make more for the Chinese New Year."

"You foodie! His father, you and Kun Pai will go to the mountain tomorrow morning." Wang loves and scolds.

Human hearts are selfish, and Ji Xinmiao feels that she is not a saint.She knew that it was impossible to keep everything secret forever, and the mountain of Suanzao was limited, so she suggested: "Tomorrow morning, let's go up the mountain together, and we can pick as much as we can. There are not many things on this mountain, since Aunt Chungou came to check on the news. There will definitely be other aunts coming to the door tomorrow. This secret may not be kept. The only thing that can be kept is grandma’s secret technique of making this sour jujube cake and our family’s storage of this sour jujube cake. Technology, this matter must not be leaked out, otherwise next year you will no longer be able to exchange this for pocket money."

After thinking about it, everyone thought it was reasonable. For the common benefit, once Ji Xinmiao explained this matter, everyone kept it in their hearts.

Ji's family got up early in the morning, leaving a few housewives to do housework at home, and those who could go up the mountain followed.

Everyone in the Ji family thought it was early enough for their own family, however.

Uncle Ji San, a member of the tribe, rushed up with his two eldest grandsons carrying bamboo baskets and carrying beetles on their backs: "Qiu Cheng, are you going up the mountain to pick jujubes?"

Ji Qiucheng brought Ji Kunfu and Ji Kun'an and stopped when they heard the call: "It's the third uncle Mingsheng, are you going to go up the mountain to pick jujubes?"

Uncle Ji San laughed and said: "Yesterday, the two stinky boys said that they saw your two boys picking a lot of jujubes, and they thought that the jujubes were already ripe. They wanted to pick some and make some jujube skins for their younger brothers and sisters." What about snacks. Didn’t you say that you picked a lot yesterday? Why are you going again today? What do you want so much for?”

This old man is an inquisitive person. Ji Qiucheng briefly explained what he said last night. Whether people believe it or not, he took his two brothers to the inner mountain.

When Ji Xinmiao and the others met Ji Li and the village aunts, they almost lost their eyes.Their fully armed appearance made her think that they were not going to pick the jujube, but to exterminate the jujube tree!

What she admired even more was Ji Li's publicity ability. In just one night, would she spread the news of her family's jujube cake to Ji's village?

It is said that people's hearts are difficult to measure, and most of the people in Jijia Village are from their own clan.We usually sit together for big celebrations, whites and happy events, so once there is something novel, the people in the clan will spread it quickly.Not to mention that this may be a matter of earning money!
People are close to wealth but not close!

What is even more unexpected is that on the second day, Jijia Village has developed into a spectacle where families go up the mountain to pick jujubes!

The jujube trees in Qianshan have been destroyed a lot, not to mention there are still jujubes.

Ji Qiucheng was the boss. When everyone was sitting in the living room at night peeling and kneading the date paste and talking about how the villagers followed suit, he said: "Anyway, this mountain is not ours, and there is no way to prevent others from going up the mountain." Picking these jujubes. Our family has picked them for three or four days and there are not many, so we should make them properly and sell them for a good price is the right way."

Mr. Ji nodded and said: "I can't make enough money to live through the years. In the past, I never thought that this sour jujube cake could be sold for money, and now I have lived through it. This year, it should be about the same for three or four hundred catties. Anyway, it's only a matter of a few days. It's better to earn a lot of money to buy oil and salt than nothing. Hurry up and do the work at hand. After a few days, we have to prepare for Miao girl's marriage. "

"Yes, bad things are also good things. Although the way to earn money has been stepped on, Miao girl's marriage is much bigger than this money-making matter. From tomorrow on, women will help dry date paste, oil-cut paper, and grind soybean powder at home. , when this thing is dry, wrap it up early and let Lan Lan's family send it to the city. Also, let me say again, you can't disclose this matter to anyone, even the parents of the three of you. "Grandma Ji reminded her that she was planning to use this method to earn money next year.

The two eldest daughters-in-law agreed readily, but Fang remained silent.

Grandma Ji's face was serious: "The third family, didn't you hear? My craft is only passed on to my own children and grandchildren. If you dare to reveal this craft, my old woman will tell you that all future Where there is a way to earn money, you and your wife will be excluded.”

Fang's blushing face immediately responded: "Mother, I don't think so."

"Hmph, it's fine if you don't have one! My family won't want a woman who eats inside and out as a daughter-in-law. After you each share the money, I have nothing to say to you as a financial aid to your mother's family, but if you reveal my old woman's craftsmanship, then you will not be forgiven! "

I thought this sour jujube matter would end here, but who would have thought...

(End of this chapter)